Health

Last year, I had to give up running. It was, as my sports medicine doctor counseled, “time”. Since I was a teen, it had been my primary form of exercise and stress relief. But for months, I had been ignoring small signs of encroaching decrepitude: the popping and grinding in my right knee and hip joints whenever I stood up, …

If, like me, you’re a parent of a young child, there’s one thing you’ve come to fear above all else. (And no, it’s not “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters played for the 10,000th time, though that’s a close second.) It’s the humble peanut. Even if your child isn’t allergic to the nuts, past surveys have shown as many as 4.5 …

In the sweltering summer of 1518, the city of Strasbourg witnessed something that defied belief. It began with one woman stepping into the streets and dancing, not for joy or celebration, but seemingly against her will. Within days, dozens joined her, and by the end of the month, hundreds of citizens were writhing and spinning uncontrollably. They danced until their …

Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects. A decade ago, most smokers thought vaping was less harmful than tobacco. But ten years on, the opposite is true: the majority say that vapes are just as or even more dangerous.1 You can see this shift in opinion in the chart below.2 It’s not surprising …

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Local and state health departments are testing the water at The Christ Hospital’s main campus after two people were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. The Christ Hospital Health Network told FOX19 NOW in a statement that the two cases appeared separately “over the past six weeks,” which would be some time between mid-September and the end of October. …

Walking a Few Thousand Steps Daily May Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk, New Study Suggests  The New York Times The number of daily steps you take may delay Alzheimer’s progression  CNN Struggling to retain information after reading? Doing a simple thing can help, says top doc  The Times of India Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be Slowed by Taking as Few as 5,000 Steps a Day  ScienceAlert Walking …

Caffeine and sugar-spiked energy drinks promise a quick pick-me-up. Yet experts say that frequently consuming these drinks could be harming your liver. When you need a little extra energy, try a cup of unsweetened coffee or tea instead. Reaching for a caffeinated drink can help kickstart your day or power you through an afternoon slump. In fact, 90% of us …

Knee Arthritis? Exercise Can Help Manage the Pain.  The New York Times Building Strength, Restoring Movement: Together Against Osteoarthritis  ET HealthWorld Adding Physical Therapy Did Not Further Reduce Knee Pain From Meniscal Tear  MedPage Today How to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis with aerobic exercise  WLFI News 18 Home exercise alone highly effective for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis pain, says study  News-Medical Source link

A large study from Massachusetts found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these children had speech or motor delays, and the link was strongest when the mother was infected late in pregnancy and in boys. The increase in risk was small for …

The Americas — North, Central, and South — is the only region of the world that has ever managed to stop endemic transmission of measles. But that hard-won victory against the highly contagious virus is on the verge of being rolled back. This week an expert committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is meeting in Mexico City to …